Improvement in water-proof compositions for leather



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WM. J. BOOME, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-PROOF COMPOSITIONS FOR LEATHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 3,401, dated January 6, 1844. 7

Artiples Manufactured of Leather, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention, which I call Sos'pita, or Chinese Ointment, consists in a faithful application of the composition to all parts of the leather that is to be made waterproof-if boots or shoes, to the soles as well as the upper-leather and rubbed well into the seams.

To enable others to make andiuse my invention, I will proceed to describe of what materials itis composed and the proportions of each separate material, as follows, to wit:

Take thirty-two (32) parts mutton or beef tallow, either singly or'mixed; thirty-two (32) parts linseed-oil, boiled or ,unboiled, singly or mixed; twenty-four (24) parts yellow beeswax; six (6) parts neats-foot oil-N. 13 the oils one pint to the pound; four (4) parts lamp-black; two (2) parts litharge or red lead, In all, one hundred (100) parts. Place the materials in apot of sufficient size and reduce the materials to a liquid mass by the application of heat. When all is melted keep stirring the composition until it becomes nearly cold, or while in the liquid state fill it into tin or earthen vessels for use, 01" convenient size for sale.

W. J. ROOME. Witnesses:

WM. INGLES,

J AS. H. RooME. 

